Nakia Robert Lydell Jones, 22, of Richmond, Va., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Nakia Robert Lydell Jones, 22, of Richmond, Va., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Melvin Lamont Corbin, 19, of Richmond, Va., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Melvin Lamont Corbin, 19, of Richmond, Va., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Chrisshawn Denardray Beal, 20, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Chrisshawn Denardray Beal, 20, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Ledarrell Javon Crockett, 28, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Ledarrell Javon Crockett, 28, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Jaray Day-Shawn Simmons, 28, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Jaray Day-Shawn Simmons, 28, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Siddiq Jafar Abdullah, 21, of Richmond, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

Siddiq Jafar Abdullah, 21, of Richmond, N.C., was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into three homes in Petaluma. Authorities believe he and others were looking for marijuana.

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Novato Police officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Novato Police officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were ... more

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Sonoma County Sheriff officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Sonoma County Sheriff officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers ... more

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Sonoma County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Crum updates the media after the shelter in place order was lifted around 12:45 p.m. on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Sonoma County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Crum updates the media after the shelter in place order was lifted around 12:45 p.m. on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the ... more

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Several police agencies gathered at the command post as the search continued for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Several police agencies gathered at the command post as the search continued for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, ... more

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Sonoma County Sheriff officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Sonoma County Sheriff officers joined the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers ... more

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Police agencies from the surrounding area gathered at the command post to join the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Police agencies from the surrounding area gathered at the command post to join the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. ... more

Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle

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Police agencies from the surrounding area gathered at the command post to join the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Police agencies from the surrounding area gathered at the command post to join the search for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. ... more

Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle

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Several surrounding agencies gathered at the command post as the search continued for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, 2018, in Novato, Calif. Officers were dispatched about 3 a.m. to the 100 block of Eugenia Drive in Petaluma after reports of nine suspects robbing at least three different homes, police said. The suspects were reportedly looking for marijuana. less

Several surrounding agencies gathered at the command post as the search continued for armed robbery suspects who are considered armed and dangerous, after a home invasion robbery in Petaluma on Mon. March 12, ... more

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Gang Green: 7 men arrested for marijuana-inspired home invasions in North Bay

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Seven men from North Carolina and Virginia were arrested Monday after invading three Petaluma homes in the hopes of stealing cannabis, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said.

The men broke into the homes on the 100 and 200 blocks of Eugenia Drive around 3 a.m. Monday, officials said, but their targets were off the mark, as none of the homes contained stashes of marijuana the men were allegedly seeking.

This is the second time in about a month that the North Bay was hit by marijuana-motivated home invasions, following two robberies Feb. 8 in Santa Rosa. One of those incidents left a 54-year-old man dead.

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Authorities said at least nine suspects busted into three homes in Petaluma early Monday morning, kicking in doors with guns and asking for marijuana prompting an intense manhunt for at least five of them, the Sonoma County sheriff's said. Leigh M

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“Homeowners in these residences (Monday) were tied up and one was pistol-whipped,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “Thankfully, none of the occupants were seriously injured. None of the residences had anything to do with the cultivation or sales of marijuana.”

Five of the suspects got into a white minivan and led law enforcement on a car chase to Novato, eventually pulling over and fleeing in different directions. One of the men, Ledarrell Javon Crockett, 28, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested after knocking on the front door of a home and asking to call an Uber.

Three more suspects fled in a silver Volkswagon Passat, which was located at a Novato Costco and helped lead to their arrest, authorities said. They were identified as 20-year-old Chrisshawn Denardray Beal and 28-year-old Jaray Day-Shawn Simmons, both of Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Melvin Corbin, 19, of Richmond, Va. A female suspect reportedly escaped before officers arrived.

The final three men arrested Monday evening — Nakia Robert Lydell Jones, 22; Romello Shamar Jones, 20; and Siddiq Jafar Abdullah, 21 — were apprehended at San Francisco International Airport as they tried to board flights back to the East Coast, authorities said. All are from Richmond, Va.

Sgt. Spencer Crum, of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, said that investigators believe the men came to the Bay Area “with the express purpose of stealing marijuana.”

The trip, however, was a bust in multiple respects, authorities said, as there was no evidence of marijuana at any of the homes that were robbed.

“We have some evidence that there was some marijuana being grown in the neighborhood awhile ago, so they might have had the wrong house,” Crum said.

One man who was arrested in the Feb. 8 home invasion case, as well as a female suspect who remains at large, are both from Richmond, Va., according to law enforcement. Crum said the sheriff’s office is looking into a connection between the two incidents.

One suspect, a woman, from Monday’s home invasion, remains at large, authorities said. Previously they believed that another man was at large, but later said, “there were only seven men involved in the home invasion robberies and all seven are in custody.

The other seven suspects have been booked into Sonoma County Jail on $1 million bail, with the exception of Beal, who has a no-bail warrant out of North Carolina for possessing a firearm with a prior felony. They were charged with robbery of an inhabited dwelling, burglary, false imprisonment, kidnapping and conspiracy.